It was a celebration galore at the Timber Market Naze, Owerri North LGA,Imo state as Newly elected executives of Owerri Building Materials and Traders Association,OBMTA were inaugurated to run the Association’s affairs for the next three years. Addressing the members after its inauguration, the new President,Okonkwo Anthony said that he is going to run an inclusive government where everybody will be carried along irrespective of the camp he belonged. He emphasised that the unity and progress of the association is paramount before any other interest. Okonkwo reaffirmed his…
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Gaza Tunnel System 80 Percent Intact
Israel has failed to destroy Hama’s tunnel system with 80 percent of the tunnel system intact, officials from Israel, and the United States confirm. Israel main objective in invading Gaza was to destroy the tunnel network estimated to be around 300 miles long. Officials from the US and Israel confirmed to the Wall Street Journal in an interview that only about 20 to 40 percent of the tunnel system have been damaged or rendered inoperable. Most of these are in the northern part of Gaza. Since the war began, Israeli…
Read MoreOtti Pledges Support For Investors As Nostrocom Makes Entry Into Abia
Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to support investors and businesses in the state, as they are critical stakeholders to job creation and human capacity development. Governor Otti stated this Sunday, at the Official Commissioning of Nostro Communication Limited, (Nostrocom House), a state-of-the-art broadcast facility which houses Spin 95.3 FM, Alpha Spin TV as well as a Musical, Photography Studio and Digital Entrepreneurship Center which would provide digital opportunities for the youths. The Governor, who spoke through the Commissioner for Information and Culture, Prince Okey…
Read MoreImo Residents Lament EEDC Prolonged Power Outages
Enraged Imo residents are expressing their frustration with the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) over inconsistent power supply since the beginning of 2024. Numerous individuals, sharing their grievances with our correspondent, have voiced their dissatisfaction with the subpar electricity services provided by EEDC in the state. Chuka Igwe, a resident in Egbu, Owerri North Local Government, expressed his dismay, stating, “EEDC has been very unfair to us. Since January this year, power supply to the area has not been good. “We barely have light for two hours a day. And…
Read MoreNAWOJ Partners SMEDAN To Explore Technical Support For Women Journalists
By Vivian Ottih The need for women to venture into the dynamics world of commerce and industry to support their career has formed crux of discourse in recent times. Recently in a boardroom meeting between the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) and the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Association of Nigeria(SMEDAN) held in Abuja, the National Chairperson of NAWOJ, Aisha Ibrahim Bura stated that capacity building of members of the Nigeria Associationq of Women Journalists is one of the cardinal points that drives her administration’s resolve. In her words,…
Read MoreParliamentary Workers Get New Exco in Bayelsa
The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) Bayelsa State chapter has inaugurated a new executive to pilot its affairs for a period of four years. The inauguration which preceded the election held at the Assembly complex in Yenagoa was monitored by the national leadership of PASAN represented by the National Legal Adviser, Comrade Lawrence Achuta, the Bayelsa State Chairman of the NLC, Comrade Simon Barnabas and the NLC state Secretary, Comrade John Angesse, the Police and the Department of State Security. In a keenly contested election, Comrade Ekakara Ebiotu Peres…
Read MoreIPOB : We Are Not Averse To Genuine Restructuring Of Nigeria–Kanu …We can’t grow in unworking unitary structure
Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has declared his support for genuine restructuring in Nigeria along the lines of the 1963 Constitution. Speaking through his younger brother, Prince Emmanuel, after a meeting at the Abuja headquarters of the Department of State Services (DSS), Kanu said that a holistic restructuring is essential for the country’s progress. Kanu stated, “We are not averse to the genuine restructuring of the country. We know that the country cannot grow or make progress under the current unworking unitary structure.” He…
Read MoreOsuoha Hails Uzodinma For Presenting Budget With Human Face
By Williams Odunze As the Imo State Governor Sen.Hope Uzodinma Presented the 2024 budget before the Imo State House of Assembly, the Member representing Ohaji/Egbema State Constituency in the Imo State House of Assembly,Hon.Uzoma Francis Osuoha has hailed the governor for timely presentation of the budget and described it as a Solid Economic Foundation for the Speedy growth of the State Economy. He made the observation while reacting on the budget. Hon.Osuoha said that the governor was able to capture all the sector of the economy in the budget and…
Read MoreImo NULGE Election: How Okere Knocked Down Eze, Igwebuike
By Nkechi Ojukwu The emergence of Rotarian Okechukwu Charles Okere as the Imo State President of Nigeria Union of Local Governments Employees,NULGE has left a moral lesson to the present leaders in every cadre. Reason was that Rotrn. Okere defeated the incumbent State President of NULGE,Dr. Richard Eze who was seeking for re-election and Comrade Kyrian Igwebuike (Abubaeke) who also served as his Vice President and was once a former Acting State President of NULGE. It would be recalled that the trio were allegedly invited by the Executive Governor of…
Read MorePeter Obi, Tony Chukwu, Others, Storm Mgbidi For Church Dedication built by ILo
By Onyinyechi Nwankwo It was with utmost gladness and fulfilment of dream and desire to build a sanctuary for the Most High God that a young spirited man from Mgbidi in Oru West Local Government of Imo State,Sir Ezenwa Collins ILo in company of the Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, a Chieftain of the rulling party, APC, Chief Tony Chukwu, amongst other dignitaries dedicated a gigantic Church he built for Mgbidi people. Ilo, the Labour Party Federal House of Representatives Candidate for Oguta/Ohaji Egbema and Oru West…
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